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Ken Griffey Jr League
3-7-2079
Leon Rice Right Field
Retired (1957, Age 28)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .254 Total Rating C+   Bats/Throws L/R
OPS .708 Status Deceased (2004) Option Years 0  
H 198 Age at Death 75 Date of Birth 02-20-1929
HR 24 Drafted Round 5, Pick 66
(1952)
Majors Svc Time 0 years
(12 games)
RBI 91
SB 8
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R C+ Contact vs. L C- Endurance   Ldrship C-
Power vs. R B+ Power vs. L B- Velocity D-   Mentor vR B+
Speed Bunt C+ Control   Mentor vL C-
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range C+ WS Rings 0
1B --- LF B+ (74.8%) Arm B- WS Appearances 0
2B (2.1%) CF B+ (73.3%)   Health B- LCS Appearances 0
3B --- RF A+ (100%)   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 0
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

Year   Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO HBP SF SB CS E OPS OBP SLG ISO AVG Awards
1952 NYA
28
108
11
29
7
0
3
12
4
19 0 0
0
3 3
.711
.295
.417
.148
.269
1953 NYA-STL
56
121
13
34
7
0
5
15
12
30 3 1
0
0 2
.820
.358
.463
.182
.281
1954 STL
97
344
38
91
15
4
10
41
23
73 2 3
4
3 15
.730
.312
.419
.154
.265
1955 STL
47
105
13
25
3
0
3
14
3
24 0 0
2
2 2
.612
.259
.352
.114
.238
1956 STL-MIL
30
78
6
15
4
1
3
9
2
22 1 0
1
2 0
.607
.222
.385
.192
.192
1957 MIL
7
23
2
4
0
1
0
0
2
6 0 0
1
1 1
.501
.240
.261
.087
.174
Total
265
779
83
198
36
6
24
91
46
174 6 4
8
11 23
.708
.299
.408
.154
.254
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1959-11-01Leon Rice has retired from the Free Agency Pool
1958-06-24The Chicago Storm have waived Leon Rice.
1957-05-06The Milwaukee Crew have waived Leon Rice.
1957-04-15The Milwaukee crew have sent Leon Rice to the minors.
1956-09-12The Milwaukee crew have promoted Leon Rice to the major league team. The Milwaukee crew have sent Ray Herbel to the minors.
1956-09-11The Milwaukee crew have acquired Leon Rice from the waiver wire. The Milwaukee crew have waived Dain Clay.
1956-08-22The St. Louis Cardinals have waived Leon Rice.
1956-08-22The St. Louis Cardinals have promoted Jim White to the major league team. The St. Louis Cardinals have sent Leon Rice to the minors.
1955-04-24The St. Louis Cardinals have promoted Leon Rice to the major league team. The St. Louis Cardinals have sent Jimmy Connors to the minors.
1955-04-11The St. Louis Cardinals have promoted Ed Barrows to the major league team. The St. Louis Cardinals have sent Leon Rice to the minors.
1954-08-24The St. Louis Cardinals have promoted Leon Rice to the major league team.
1954-07-25The St. Louis Cardinals have promoted Fred Keltner to the major league team. The St. Louis Cardinals have sent Leon Rice to the minors.
1954-04-18The St. Louis Cardinals have promoted Leon Rice to the major league team. The St. Louis Cardinals have sent Kenny Harper to the minors.
1954-04-02The St. Louis Cardinals have promoted Tim LaGrow to the major league team. The St. Louis Cardinals have sent Leon Rice to the minors.
1953-05-08The St. Louis Cardinals have promoted Leon Rice to the major league team. The St. Louis Cardinals have sent Tony Seitzer to the minors.
1953-04-01The St. Louis Cardinals have renamed Adam Ant to Leon Rice.
1953-04-01The St. Louis Cardinals have acquired Adam Ant from the waiver wire.
1953-04-01The New York Red Terrors have waived Adam Ant.
1953-03-01The New York Red Terrors have promoted Sidney Lowe to the major league team. The New York Red Terrors have promoted Davy Conception to the major league team. The New York Red Terrors have promoted The Flash to the major league team. The New York Red Terrors have promoted Geoge Foster to the major league team. The New York Red Terrors have promoted Nat King Cole to the major league team. The New York Red Terrors have promoted Johnny Bench to the major league team. The New York Red Terrors have sent BJ Honneycut to the minors. The New York Red Terrors have sent Ron Romano to the minors. The New York Red Terrors have sent The Professor to the minors. The New York Red Terrors have sent Adam Ant to the minors. The New York Red Terrors have sent Buddy Shook to the minors. The New York Red Terrors have sent Bjorn Borg to the minors.
1952-09-06The New York Red Terrors have promoted Adam Ant to the major league team. The New York Red Terrors have sent Adam Dunn to the minors.
1952-05-25The New York Red Terrors have promoted Shoeless Jackson to the major league team. The New York Red Terrors have sent Adam Ant to the minors.
1952-05-20The New York Red Terrors have promoted Adam Ant to the major league team. The New York Red Terrors have sent Randy Travis to the minors.
1952-04-01The New York Red Terrors have renamed Lady Rice to Adam Ant.